Vista kills Ubuntu wireless

[NoOp]

On 09/03/2009 09:14 AM, Young wrote:

...
> Gary,
> 
> Below is the "blow by blow" account of installing Wicd.
> 
> The short story is that it sees the wireless router, it authenticates, 
> but it can't get an IP address. Same story when trying to connect to a 
> neighbors unsecured router. Wicd connects to the wired link okay.
> 
> Summary:
> The same laptop connects wirelessly with Vista, but not Ubuntu.
> Ubuntu fails to connect to two different routers, with the same symptoms 
> each time.
> Network Manager and Wicd both seem to have the same problem.
> The Ubuntu Live CD was able to connect wirelessly before Vista was 
> activated.
> 
> 
> FWIW, I do like Wicd better.
> 
> 
> Mark
> 

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Can you send me (directly - not the list) screen shots of wicd:
Preferences|General Settings, External Programs, Advanced Settings, and
Properties for your wireless. Also please include /var/log/wicd/wicd.log
- note: you'll need to first use:

$ gksu gedit /var/log/wicd/wicd.log

and *be sure* to edit out *all* passwords first - Find: key
& we'll try to get you working.

> 
> Have you tried this version, Gary?
> wicd_1.6.2.2-1_all.deb  01-Sep-2009 10:43  377K 

Yes, see: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/421734
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Gary